Der Tote Krieger

The Dead Warriors

This memorial is dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World War. In 1934 it was for the first WW and then in 1938 was ruined by the National Socialists. During the excavation work on Flutst...

An indictment against war.

This statue of the dead soldier commemorated the young men of Cleves who were killed during WOI. If you look at it carefully you understand why the Nazis in the 1930s demolished it. The soldier is dea...

Impressive sculpture with a fascinating story

Worth visiting if you are in the area! A fallen soldier that honors the memory of WW1 soldiers, the Nazis destroyed it. Only later were the remains found and it was decided to restore it. It's inspiri...

End of WW I Memorial for the fallen

sculptor Mataré won the tender for this contest. This sculpture "the dead Warrior" is no hero, it is a "fallen soldier", carved from stone, laying as if on a stretcher, cold and motionless, rigid on t...

A monument to the fallen warrior

Original Text

This monument to the soldiers who fell in the First World War was very symbolic next to the church that fell victim of the Second World War. And between these wars this monument and himself fell victim of aesthetic predecessors ...